... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality... Albany Law Journal - Halaman 3261870Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| 1889 - 924 halaman
...from disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." Ever since it was put forth, this test has been treated as though it were the law of the land. It is,... | |
| Nevada. Supreme Court - 1890 - 542 halaman
...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. The true test of insanity is whether the accused at the time of committing the crime was conscious that... | |
| Thomas Brett - 1891 - 822 halaman
...from disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. A person labouring under a partial delusion must be considered in the same situation as to responsibility... | |
| 1891 - 630 halaman
...of reason from disease of the mind as not to know the nature of the act he was doing, or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. This looks like a fair definition of what insanity is. That is what is required to relieve him of responsibility... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - 1892 - 1050 halaman
...of reason from disease of the mind as not to know the nature of the act he was doing, or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. This looks like a fair definition of what insanity is. That is what is required to relieve him of responsibility... | |
| 1896 - 564 halaman
...disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act, he was committing or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong'< This mode of expressing the nature and degree of insanity, which in held to relieve the accused from... | |
| Arthur Pearson Luff - 1895 - 410 halaman
...from disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.' As Bucknill observes, ' The element of disease, therefore, in abnormal conditions of mind is the touchstone... | |
| Rudolph August Witthaus - 1896 - 858 halaman
...insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of the committing of the act the accused party was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease...did not know he was doing what was wrong. The mode prisoner was conscious at the time of doing the act, that he was acting contrary to law, or whether... | |
| Sir William Oldnall Russell, Horace Smith, Alfred Percival Perceval Keep - 1896 - 1132 halaman
...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. The (e) Quœre, whether this position was not (/) Quaere, this position also, as a man too favourable for... | |
| St. Thomas's Hospital (London, England) - 1896 - 688 halaman
...from disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." Thus was formulated the test which, although it never found its way into an Act of Parliament, has... | |
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